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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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